John Arthur Thompson
(1913-2002)

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Primary Sources

1952
	John A. Thompson, “Archaeology and the historicity of the biblical records,” Reformed Theological Review 11 (March 1952): 15-29.
1955
	John A. Thompson, “Joel's locusts in the light of Near Eastern parallels,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 14 (Jan. 1955): 52-55.
1957
	John A. Thompson, Archaeology and the Old Testament . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1957. pp.121.
1958
	John A. Thompson, Archaeology and the Pre-Christian Centuries . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1958.
1959
	John A. Thompson, “Covenant patterns in the ancient Near East and their significance for biblical studies,” Reformed Theological Review 18 (Oct. 1959): 65-75.
	John A. Thompson, Archaeology: Containing the complete texts of Archaeology and the Old Testament [2d ed., 1959], Archaeology and the pre-Christian centuries [1959], Archaeology and the New Testament [1960]. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959.
1960
	John A. Thompson, Archaeology and the New Testament. 1960.
	John A. Thompson, “Non-biblical covenants in the ancient Near East and their relevance for understanding the covenant motif in the Old Testament,” Australian Biblical Review 8 (Dec. 1960): 38-45.
1962
	John A. Thompson, The Bible and Archaeology. Exeter: Paternoster Press / Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1962. pp. xxiv. 468. (revised 1973, 1982)
1963
	J.A. Thompson, The Ancient Near Eastern Treaties and the Old Testament. The Tyndale Lecture in Biblical Archaeology, 1963. London: The Tyndale Press, 1964. Pbk. pp.39. pdf [Reproduced by kind permission of the copyright holders, Wycliffe Bible Translators (Australia)]
1964
	John A. Thompson, “Near Eastern suzerain-vassal concept in the religion of Israel,” Journal of Religious History. 3 (June 1964): 1-19.
1965
	John A. Thompson, “Expansions of the 'd root,” Journal of Semitic Studies 10 (Autumn 1965): 222-240.
1966
	John A. Thompson, “Is there a prophet in the land,” Christianity Today 10 (June 24 1966): 3-4.
1968
	John A. Thompson, “Cultic credo and the Sinai tradition,” Reformed Theological Review 27 (May-Aug. 1968): 53-64.
1972
	John A. Thompson, “The God Molech in the light of archaeology,” In: For me to live. Cleveland: Dillon/Liederbach Books, 1972. pp.44-55.
	John A. Thompson, “Expansions of the sb root,” Australian Journal of Biblical Archaeology 1.5 (1972): 187-196.
1974
	J.A. Thompson, Deuteronomy. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Leicester: IVP, 1974. Pbk. ISBN: 0851118291. pp.320.
	John A. Thompson, “The use of repetition in the prophecy of Joel,” In: On language, culture and religion. The Hague: Mouton, 1974. pp.101-110.
	John A. Thompson, “The date of Joel,” In: A Light unto my Path. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1974. pp.453-464.
	John A. Thompson, “Significance of the verb love in the David-Jonathan narratives in 1 Samuel,” Vetus Testamentum. 24 (July 1974): 334-338.
1975
	John A. Thompson, “The importance of re-assessing archaeological interpretations in the light of new evidence: [Jericho, Megiddo, Ezion-Geber, Jerusalem],” In: Abr-Nahrain, vol 15. Leiden: Brill, 1975. pp.113-126.
1977
	John A. Thompson, “Root ` -L-M in semitic languages and some proposed new translations in Ugaritic and Hebrew,” In: Tribute to Arthur Voobus. Chicago: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1977. pp.159-166.
	John A. Thompson, “Israel's "lovers",” Vetus Testamentum 27 (Oct. 1977): 475-481.
1979
	John A. Thompson, “Israel's "haters",” Vetus Testamentum 29 (April 1979): 200-205.
1980
	John A. Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah . New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans 1980. ISBN: 9781467423038. pp.831. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
1981
	John A. Thompson, “Bible geographies and atlases and their use in translating,” Bible Translator 32.4 (Oct. 1981): 431-437.
1986
	John A. Thompson, Handbook of Life in Bible Times. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press / Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1986. ISBN-10: 0851106331. ISBN-13: 978-0851106335. pp.384.
1987
	John A. Thompson, “The "response" in biblical and non-biblical literature with particular reference to the Hebrew prophets,” In: Perspectives on Language & Text. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1987. Hbk. ISBN-10: 0931464269. ISBN-13: 978-0931464263. pp.255-268.
1994
	John A. Thompson, “Archaeology and the Old Testament,” in Foundations for biblical Interpretation. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994. pp.117-133.
	John A. Thompson, First and Second Chronicles. New American Commentary Vol. 9. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 1994. ISBN: 0805401091. ISBN-13: 978-0805401097. pp.411. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]